$ time for i in `seq 1 1000`; do perl < /dev/null; done

real    0m1.323s
user    0m0.084s
sys     0m0.156s

$ time for i in `seq 1 1000`; do csi -nqb < /dev/null; done

real    0m3.140s
user    0m0.148s
sys     0m0.232s

$ time for i in `seq 1 1000`; do python2 < /dev/null; done

real    0m8.565s
user    0m5.388s
sys     0m2.032s

$ time for i in `seq 1 1000`; do python3 < /dev/null; done

real    0m22.185s
user    0m18.380s
sys     0m2.056s

$ time for i in `seq 1 1000`; do ruby < /dev/null; done                                                                                                                                      

real    0m39.993s
user    0m34.820s
sys     0m2.400s

$ time for i in `seq 1 1000`; do nodejs < /dev/null; done

real    0m40.421s
user    0m34.596s
sys     0m3.540s


$ perl --version

This is perl 5, version 22, subversion 1 (v5.22.1) built for x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi
(with 68 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)

Copyright 1987-2015, Larry Wall

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl".  If you have access to the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.

$ csi -version

CHICKEN
(c) 2008-2017, The CHICKEN Team
(c) 2000-2007, Felix L. Winkelmann
Version 4.13.0 (rev 68eeaaef)
linux-unix-clang-x86-64 [ 64bit manyargs dload ptables ]
compiled 2017-12-11 on yves.more-magic.net (Linux)

$ python2 --version
Python 2.7.12

$ python3 --version
Python 3.5.2

$ ruby --version
ruby 2.3.1p112 (2016-04-26) [x86_64-linux-gnu]

$ nodejs --version
v4.2.6